Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 1914 — CHAIRMAN HAYS MAKES STATEMENT [ARTICLE]

CHAIRMAN HAYS MAKES STATEMENT

“Not So Much the Lenth of the Step Bui the Direction” Once Said Benjamin Harrison. V Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 4.—The following statement was issued today by Will H. Hays, republican state Chairman: ! .S‘Benjamin Harrison once said in a lawsuit in Sullivan: ‘lt is not so much the length of the step as the direction which is important.’ ‘The republican party has taken a step in the right direction. It has been far longer than many ex.peeted, though not as long as the merit of our cause deserved, and it is the .first step in the journey to certain victory in 1916. odds believed by many to be overwhelming, the republican pafrty has waged a conscientious, consistent and courageous battle with a steadfast devotion to our fundamental principles and with a full faith in the certainty of their ultimate triumph. “It is impossible to know the final result until more information is received, but nothing can now change the meaning of the result of this election nor the effect which 'it will have. The republicans have, made tremendous gains, and we are gratified beyond expression. If the later returns should develop that the combined forces have managed to defeat us and that we have lost, for the moment, the full measure of victory, yet we will have won in the prestige of a splendid fight; in the reuniting of the great majority of the rank and file of the party; in-the severe rebuke for their extrvagance and misrule administered to the’opposition; in the election of many hundreds of our county and township candidates; and in the great victories of several of splendid congressional nominees, who will aid in bringing again to the country the republican prosperity to which we are entitled and which we need so much. ‘To those loyal republicans from one end of the state to the other, who have-striven so valiently and efficiently, we turn with inexpressible gratitude. ... ‘To those friends, republicans at heart, who have again been misguided by ambitious and overzealous leaders, we extend our hands in friendship with the assurance that their place is still here for them and urge them’ again to come back home. “And we sincerely <thank the many thousands of democrats, who Hhe returns show have voted with us. The integrity and ability of the candidates elected guarantee to these men the honest, efficient, economical government which they desire. ‘The fight has just begun. The republican headquarters will be opened at the same hour on Thursday morning, Nov. 5, .and will remain open, and the work of protection and prosperity in the nation and better government and lower taxes in the state will proceed with the same vigor, without a moment’s hesitation, until the next campaign. And we urge all wellwishers of good government to become a potent part of the fighting force with an equal voice in the management of the party’s affairs with every other man in the party.”